Medical Conditions
The undernoted conditions are not eligible for
medical priority points unless they are causing
a long term mobility problem:
Addison’s Disease
Agoraphobia
Alcoholism
Allergies
Amnesia
Anaemia (unless caused by other disease)
Anorexia
Anxiety State
Arthritis (of neck, shoulders and arms only)
Asthma
Back Strain
Bladder Stones
Blindness
Brucellosis
Bunions
Bursitis
Cancer
Cartilage Tears
Choleocystitis
Claustrophobia (unless multi storey flat; requires
Psychiatric Report)
Colic
Colitis (except where outside toilet)
Crohn’s Disease (except where outside toilet)
Cystitis
Deafness
Depression (unless with Psychiatric Report)
Dermatitis
Diabetes (unless complicated by peripheral neuritis
or blindness)
Drug Addiction (unless with Psychiatric Report)
Duodenal Ulcer
Ear Infections
Eczema (except with outside toilet; running water,
lack of washing facilities)
Epilepsy (but if the applicant has other physical
or mental problems which appear on the list of
possibles please refer to the health board)
Fallen Arches
Fractures (not to upper limbs, arms and ribs:
must be recent i.e. within 1 year)
Foot Strain
Frozen Shoulder
Gall Stones
General Debility
Glandular Fever
Hayfever
Hepatitis (housing provided if hostel)
Hernia
Hypertension (unless accompanied by chest or
leg pain on walking)
hysterectomy
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (except with outside
toilet)
Jaundice
Kidney Stones
Kidney Infection (Pyelitis)
Leukaemia
Ligament tears around joints
Lumbago
Mastectomy
Meningitis
Migraine
Myxoedema (underactive thyroid)
Neurosis
Neuralgia
Oedema
Pancreatitis
Pelvic Inflammation
Peptic Ulcer
Peritonitis
Phlebitis
Pleurisy
Pneumonia
Pregnancy
Psoriasis (unless with joint complications and
except where there is lack of washing facilities)
Psychiatric Illness (Unless with Psychiatric
Report)
Raynaud’s Disease (Coldness if extremities
- fingers and toes)
Rhinitis
Schizophrenia (Unless with Psychiatric Report)
Sciatica (Unless with Orthopaedic Surgeon’s
Report)
Slipped Disc
Sinusitis
Spondylosis (if of neck - cervical)
Thyroid Disease (Under or Over Active)
Thrombophlebitis (Of legs)
Thrush
Thyroidectomy
Tonsillitis
Tuberculosis
Ulcers (leg, stomach, duodenum)
Varicose Veins
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Vertigo (unless multi storey flat)
Vitamin Deficiency
Wells Disease
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